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BLEEDING

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel

Synonyms:

bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("bleeding" is a kind of...):

harm; hurt; injury; trauma (any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bleeding"):

haemorrhagic stroke; hemorrhagic stroke (stroke caused by the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain)

cerebral hemorrhage (bleeding from a ruptured blood vessel in the brain)

blood extravasation (the leakage of blood from a vessel into tissues surrounding it; can occur in injuries or burns or allergic reactions)

hyphema (bleeding into the interior chamber of the eye)

metrorrhagia (bleeding from the uterus that is not due to menstruation; usually indicative of disease (as cervical cancer))

epistaxis; nosebleed (bleeding from the nose)

ulemorrhagia (bleeding of the gums)

Derivation:

bleed (lose blood from one's body)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb bleed

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 Context examples: 

Later symptoms include vomiting, diarrhea, rash, impaired kidney and liver function, and in some cases, internal and external bleeding (hemorrhage).

(Genetics of the 2014 Ebola Outbreak, NIH)

Red blood cell transfusions are commonly given to critically ill children for conditions such as trauma, cancer chemotherapy, intraoperative bleeding, and chronic conditions such as sickle cell disease and thalassemia.

(Fresh red blood cell transfusions do not help critically ill children more than older cells, National Institutes of Health)

A procedure to stop bleeding and close the location of arterial entry following a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure.

(Arterial Access Closure, NCI Thesaurus)

Compared to unfractionated heparins, the use of bemiparin is associated with lower incidences of major bleeding, osteoporosis, and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.

(Bemiparin Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

Following rectal or oral administration, only a small amount of mesalamine is absorbed; the remainder, acting topically, reduces bowel inflammation, diarrhea, rectal bleeding and stomach pain.

(Mesalamine, NCI Thesaurus)

The majority of patients present with signs and symptoms of locally advanced disease including mucosal ulceration, pain, difficulty with speaking, chewing, and swallowing, bleeding, weight loss, and neck swelling.

(Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

But if you are pregnant and have bleeding or spotting, contact your health care provider immediately.

(Miscarriage, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

The use of this agent has been associated with fatal bleeding events.

(Moxalactam, NCI Thesaurus)

Signs and symptoms include abdominal distention and tenderness, intestinal bleeding and ileus.

(Necrotizing Enterocolitis, NCI Thesaurus)

This means that you do not have enough healthy cells, which can lead to infection, anemia, or easy bleeding.

(Myelodysplastic Syndromes, NIH National Cancer Institute)